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Species Macaria flavicaria - Hodges#6276

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Macariini
Genus Macaria
Species flavicaria (Macaria flavicaria - Hodges#6276)
Hodges Number
6276
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Macaria flavicaria (Packard, 1876)
Speranza flavicaria (Packard, 1876)
Thamnonoma flavicaria Packard, 1876
Diastictis subfalcata Hulst, 1896
Identification
Males are light yellowish brown with a dark forewing discal spot.(1)
Range
Colorado to New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona. (1)
Macaria flavicaria is replaced by S. helena in areas of western Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, eastern Washington and eastern Oregon.(1)
Habitat
7,000-8800' elevations in Colorado and as low as 6,050' in New Mexico. Adults usually found near patches of Ribes (currants)(1)
Season
Adults fly late June to early August(1)
Food
The larval host is uncertain but suspected to be Ribes (currants). (1)
Life Cycle
unknown(1)
See Also
Macaria ribearia

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Macaria helena
Print References
Ferguson, D.C., 2008. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation., p. 125; pl. 3.1-2. (1)
Sihvonen, P. & P. Skou, 2015. Ennominae I. In: A. Hausmann (ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 5:
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data(3)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 June, 2012 - 2:14pm
Last updated 16 June, 2018 - 10:20am

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